Gas-washer.



(No llqdel.)

J. F. SWINNERTDN. GAS WASHER (A pplication filed June 28 1900.

Patented Oct. 23, I900.

UNITED STATES PATENT CFFIcE.

JAMES F. SWINNERTON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GAS-WAS H'ER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 660,346, datedOctober23, 1900.

Original application filed January 6 1899, Serial No. 701,366. Dividedand this application filed June 28, 1900. Serial No. 21,901. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, JAMES F.- SWINNERTON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, New York city, in thecounty of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and.useful Improvements in Washers for Gases, of which,

the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to washers for gases, and is especially useful withacetylene-gas generators. This form of washer was substantially shown,described, and claimed in my application for Letters Patent Serial No.701,366, filed January 6, 1899, but was required by the Patent Office tobe divided out of the said application. The present application isintended as a division of the former.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure l is avertical central section. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken at thetop of pipe F.

A is a tank of any form containing water and in the application referredto would represent the tank above the generating-cylinders. In this tankby any suitable means, such as bracket B, is secured a cylinder 0. Thiscylinder is closed at the top and open at the bottom and extends down.into the tank near to the bottom thereof. Attached to the top of thiscylinderis a tube J, which has at its lower end perforations E.Extending up through the bottom of the tank and inside of the tube J isa pipe F, which leads from the generator. This pipe extends up to nearthe top of the cylinder C and above the waterlevel in the tank A. On topof said pipe F is a loose cap G of any suitable construction. The tank Ais filled with water up to the line indicated in the drawings.

The operation of the device is as follows: The gas generated risingthrough the pipeF will by its pressure raise the cap G and accumulate inthe top of the tubeJ. The pressure of the gas will drive down the waterin the tube J to and below the level of the perforations E. The gasissues through these perforations in fine globules and passes up throughthe water in the cylinder 0 and is drawn off through the pipe Hto thegasometer or to the burners. By this simple washer the gas is thoroughlyand efiectively cleansed and purified.

While I have described this construction as being used with the form ofgenerator shown in the former application referred to, it will beunderstood that the same may be used in any place or with any apparatusin which gas-washers are necessary.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A gas-washer consisting of a receptacle containing water, a cylinderclosed at the top and open at the bottom extending below the level ofsaid water, a tube attached to the top of said cylinder. and extendingdown to near the bottom thereof, thelower part of the sides of said tubebeing provided with perforations, a gas-inlet tube extendinginto thesaid last-mentioned tube to near the top thereof,

and a gas-outlet from said washer, substantially as described.

2. A gas-Washer consisting of a receptacle containing water, a cylinderclosed at the top and open at the bottom and extending below the levelof said water, atube attached to the top of said cylinder and extendingdown to near the bottom thereof, the lower part of

